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Spot the Difference (The Manhattan Fish Market)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:57:00 +0000

Exactly last month

We had a Spot the Difference game

In this photo blog

I enjoyed that so much...

That I decided it be a regular in this blog.

Let's have another go,

Shall we?

Let's visit The Manhattan Fish Market's menu

I had the Manhattan Fish 'n Chips

With a selection of Dory, Cherry Snapper and Cod,

I stuck with their Dory fish

This photo right here is the comparison of

Manhattan's Fish 'n Chips

Menu vs Actual

Not bad right?

The garnish sauce on top

May not be as full as the one in their menu

Perhaps it was

ALREADY ABSORBED

During prep time 'till the food

Reached our table

I would just like to mention

That their chips (fries, really)

Had a yummy coating

I really enjoyed this dish.

Next!

The photos above are

Mediterranean Baked Fish

Menu vs Actual version

I'm beginning to think

I photographed the wrong order!

Seriously!

(Ha-Ha-Ha!)

While our actual fish

Was baked in basil and several other herbs

Rather than chilies and Mediterranean spices

The food is still a delight.

Other than the fish itself

Everything else seemed to be in order

All in all

Visiting Manhattan's Fish Market

Is a treat!

I'll definitely go back.

We had deep-fried and baked fish

But, have you tried

Spring-rolled fish?

Check my recipe there and make your own

Fish dish.

By the way,

The Manhattan Fish Market

Is Located at Central World in Bangkok

(7th floor)

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How to Take Clear Photos with iPhone

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 09:17:00 +0000

My previous post was about

Making a photo collage using the iPhone

Now, let's make some

Clear, vivid pictures with it!

For this session,

My subjects were a donut and a chocolate croissant
That I bought from St. Etoille!
It turns out that I enjoy their goodies.

"Hole-y Bread!"

"Cho-croissant"

I used no special effect on the subjects
This is to prove
That not all iPhone photos need editing.

To make a clear shot
On your subjects
Using an iPhone
You simply need to tap the screen
To activate its auto-focus.
Choose your angle.
Then take the shot!

Here's my baked donut taking a pose
(Which by the way, tastes like a muffin)
It's the healthier alternative
Rather than the fried ones covered in glaze, sugar and sprinkles
It's not entirely an empty calorie food
When donuts are baked.

"Bitten"

"Lazy pose"

"Close-up"

It's fun taking close-up shots

with an iPhone 4s

You can make decent images,
With just a few taps.
And without any edits!

Nonetheless, if you need to enhance your photos
There are always
Instagram, Muzy and Camera360
To lend a hand!

Come back for more!!!

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Make a Photo Collage (iPhone apps)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 05:17:00 +0000

I hope you enjoyed

Editing with Photo Splash Pro

In my other post

Today, let's make collages!

You must have seen

Photo collages in Facebook

Some of them are a delight to see.

Others are just typical.

LOL!

These collages can be easily made

With FREE downloads

Using smartphones.

For instance,

Below is a collage I made

With InstaStitch (FREE app)

and Line Camera (FREE app)

As always,

This photo is "beingwell" annotated

Using A+ Signature (another FREE app)

The above photo is

Chicken with cashew nuts

I picked up this recipe

From Cooking Like a Pro

Here's another collage

Using my somtam salad photos

It's papaya salad

Mixed with

Spicy, sweet and crunchy Thai sauce

Yumm!!!

Truly 1st place in the Salad division!

The apps I used in the above photo

Are

Pic/Photo collage (FREE app)

and Line Camera, as well for the 1st sticker

Lastly,

Here's a collage using Muzy (FREE app)

I put these 4 photos into the Photobox

And then played a bit more

Using its Photobrush!

Guess I still have

Some of the photo splash fever. :)

I love to play with colors!

That's it, for now.

Those are few of the photo collage apps I use

In presenting my group photos

What are yours?

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Editing with Photo Splash Pro (iPhone apps)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:46:00 +0000

Have you tried slicing your photo?

I did, in this fun post!

Once again, I played with our food.

This time, with some Saint ETOILE muffins

The photo below is the raw image of our

Chocolate and Vanilla muffin

This is unedited, except for my watermark

So you'll see other stuff going on in the background

Below on the other hand,

Is the edited version

I splashed color only unto the

Chocolate muffin and the Vanilla muffin's top!

Did you like it?

Next...

Is the raw image

Of the empty cups of the muffin above

(BURP, by the way!)

And also, unedited.

And now,

I splashed color unto

My Disney mug and on one of empty muffin cups

See it?

While snacking with the hubby,

I figured doing Photo Splash edits

On the photos above

Photo Splash Pro is currently a free app in iTunes

(Go grab one for your Apple devices!)

It allows us to color certain parts of our photo

To add zing! to the eyes

Lastly,

Here's another set of Photo Splash edits:

Notice how everything else on the right

Is in Black and White except for the muffin top?

In addition to Photo Splash,

I also applied Instagram edits

To highlight the colored muffin cup

And of course, you'll see

My annotation on these photo I shared with you

I enjoyed this photo session so much,

That I just had to collate them in one photo frame

Courtesy of another free iPhone app, of course!

(Muzy, I think...)

We enjoyed the muffin.

Not too sweet; perfect for brewed coffee!

And I enjoyed my edits!

Saint ETOILE

Is located at the GF of Siam Paragon

In Bangkok

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How to Slice Photos (iPhone apps)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 08:26:00 +0000

Have you played

My Spot the Difference game?

Give it a try and see if you find any.

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I found some cool apps in iTunes

Which made our dinner

Looking like this

Into this

(I love how the laurel leaves

Becoming visible after changing a few setting)

Using Camera360 app

Need to sign this one first...

Using A+ Signature app

And ultimately, into this...

Using Photo Slice app

Photo Slice app

Is downloadable online for $.99

Good thing I was able to get it for FREE

The watermark "beingwell" is made possible

With A+ Signature app

Which is sold for $1.99

(I'm using its FREE version, as well.)

I enjoyed my photo editing experience so much

That I made another photo set

I used Instagram from the next batch,

Together with Photo Slice and A+ signature apps

Unedited brownie

Edited brownie using Instagram

Annotated brownie

By the way,

You can see the photo above

In a Starch Foods post in Challenges of Losing Weight.

Sliced up brownie

Now I'm hungry!

You?

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Spot the Difference (Hachiban Ramen Noodle House)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:02:00 +0000

Did you see me

Play with my food?

My hubby and I fondly call

"8"

(Please don't ask why!)

They serve good noodles here

Gyoza, as well

And other foodies, too!

You don't believe me?

Check out their menu below.

Kidding aside,

If you happen to visit Bangkok

Get some Hachiban noodles

For some Ramen

I promise, you won't regret it!

Speaking of noodles and ramen,

Here's my Pancit Lomi recipe

Just-in-case-your-looking-for-one!

(c"D)

Now, here's my Spot the Difference portion
This photo below is 8's representation of their
Seafood Ramen (something)

And this photo here represents what they served me.

Looks very close to their menu, right?

Well, I think so.

And this photo is how their Gyoza would look like...

Here is what they served me.

It's not as charred as I hoped them to be;

But good enough.

At least, they gave me 6 pieces,

Just like in their menu

What do you think?

You spotted some differences, right?

Still, I'd grade them 80%

Their food tastes so good, anyway!

Before you leave,

Can anyone help me translate

What this photo image is all about?

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Our Coffee World Experience: Play with your food

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 06:46:00 +0000

Did you like my Spot the difference post?

Cool huh?!

Anyway, here's how I played with food

At Coffee World the other day...

My hubby and I spent our Saturday breakfast at

Coffee World

Instead of going to Au Bon Pain

It turns out that Coffee World serves

good sets of Waffles.

We had this original flavor right down below.

Remember how our mom tells us not to play with foods?

Well, I played with these foods and she liked it on Facebook!

I used Instagram and Photo editor for this Waffle shot. I enjoy how my food comes to life with just a few editing touches.

We also had the

Strawberry and blueberry waffles.

I enjoyed the strawberry more

Because it's not as sweet as I thought it would be.

Below is the hot americano

(presto size)

that the hubby ordered.

He always gets brewed americano

To stay away from extra sugar.

Unlike me though, I had Cappuccino instead.

Also, presto size.

I enjoy sweets!

Here are some of the Sweets for Weight Loss

That I usually have when I get

Those sweet cravings.

There you have it!

Our Coffee World Experience this week.

It was a delightful breakfast!

So much calories, so much sweets

So much simple carbs!

Since I have no idea how to make a decent pancake batter.

It was all worth it!

I enjoyed Coffee World's waffles (and coffee).

We'll be coming back for more.

By the way,

Read my quick pancake post

If you'd like to know how NOT to make a pancake

HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

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Spot the Difference (Banana Leaf Experience)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 06:57:00 +0000

Banana Leaf

Is one of our (the hubby and me) favorite restos

In Bangkok

It's a bit far from the city

But the food here is all worth the travel.

Banana Leaf in Bangkok however,

Is a lot different from the one

in Metro Manila

Where everything's fancy and all expensive

This one is rather similar to that

Som's Noodle House near Power Plant Mall

(That's another food place you should try)

(When you happen to pass by Rockwell Center)

Anyway for this visit,

we had deep-fried seabass (as we usually do)

Check at how these 2 photos look alike.

Fun, isn't it?

The actual food looks exactly the same

As it is presented in the menu!

We also had some stir-fry asparagus

Also a bit similar to the prints, right?

(Here's my own asparagus recipe, by the way.)

Finally,

We had pork soup

With seaweeds and egg tofu.

(Not in the menu)

Sorry guys.

We both had young coconut juice to finish up the feast.

After which, we headed off

For a 2-hour, well-deserved traditional Thai massage!

What a meal!

What a weekend!!!

Did you enjoy my photos?

Here are some more while having fun in Starbucks.

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Fun Photo Edits (with iPhone 4s)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 07:16:00 +0000

This is a banana choco-chip muffin from Starbucks

I had one while waiting for my hubby

For a Bourne Legacy movie date

(More like bored legacy to me, by the way!)

And here below is my

Iced caramel macchiato

I love how the caramel seemed to be

Hanging against all odds there.

The photo images above

Are products of my ingenuity, talent and lack of a thing to do. (LOL!)

More of the latter than anything else, really.

Since I don't have a heavy-duty LSR camera,

I use most of what I have in taking photo shots.

These include my

iPhone, free iPhone apps and two steady hands.

With a little touch of Instagram edits

My very plain captures became vivid, tempting and very real.

Here are the raw photos of the two above:

I used Instagram in "tweaking" these images.

I also employed A+ Signature Lite for the "beingwell" watermark.

As well as iPhone's own editing features (e.g. crop, auto-correct colors)

Seriously!

This is the most fun I've had with any gadgets;

Especially with phones, in particular.

Here's what I made with some vegetable images, too.

Disclaimer:

Chocolate chip muffin and a creamy caramel macchiato

Are not your typical 200 calorie snacks.

Point being, I had to do extra cardio workouts

In order to burn the calories I loaded up

From this movie date.

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Having fun with Chayote!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 09:02:00 +0000

I took this photo with an iPhone mobile.

Obviously, it's an image of chayote strips

(sayote in Tagalog)

on top of saute'd garlic, onions and tomatoes.

I was cooking sayote stir-fried for dinner this one time.

I enjoy taking close-up images.

They look so surreal and crisp,

don't you think?

(Just as crisp as every bite of this vegetable!)

What about chayote, though...

Chayote or sayote is shaped like a pear.

In the US, it's already referred to as the vegetable pear.

I enjoy chayote because of its crunchy texture.

It's fun to eat is all I'm saying.

This one's definitely low on calories too!

It contains 0 cholesterol and 0 saturated fats.

Simply put, it's a food for weight watchers.

You can add some shrimps into a chayote dish,

And still maintain a low-calorie meal.

Seafood are low on calories too, you know.

Just remember to detach the shrimp's head

To have a low-cholesterol dish, as well.

Add to add more flavor, add some of

Thailand's spicy condiments, why don't yah?!

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Thailand's Spicy Condiments

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:40:00 +0000

When you eat in restaurants or food stalls in Thailand,

You will always be served with fish sauce and chili sauce.

We almost always don't use them

But we always have them by our side.

And just like their Lod Chong sweets,

I never really fancied these condiments...

(They seemed to be too spicy for me)

However, when I tried them

With their fish dish for instance

Like this one below,

I enjoyed them very much!

What you see by the golden fish' side is a mango salad, by the way.

This salad has a sweet, spicy, tangy taste.

It absolutely compliments this deep-fried sea bass.

If you love spicy foods

Then you'll enjoy Thailand's authentic condiments
Like I do, now.

At home, on the other hand

I make simple condiment recipes myself.

Perhaps, you'd like to try them, too!

Is there anything that doesn't go with

Soya sauce and lime?

I always have them with almost anything fried, in fact.

Plus, it's very easy to do.

Do you like spicy foods?

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Craving for Thai's Lod Chong Dessert

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 07:57:00 +0000

Lod Chong is one of Thailand's traditional sweet treats.

This green worm-like dessert is made from pandan and flour.

They are eaten with the syrup made from coconut.

And always served cold, with ice - crushed, cubed or otherwise.

(It's green color reminds me of sayote tops somehow...)

Lod Chong didn't appeal to me at first.

However, when I got to taste it; I was immediately converted!

I will never get tired of enjoying this crazy green noodles.

Caution however, if you are watching your weight.

I suggest Simple Cardio Workouts after having this sweet.

Believe me, it's very heavy to the tummy.

In Thailand, Lod Chong is served in restaurants and sold in food courts.

They always taste good to me wherever I buy them.

I can't make this treat at home, however.

It's a very tedious process.

But that is fine.

I learned how to make Somtam salad, at least.

That's something to be proud of....(she said to herself).

Now, ever tried Teriyaki Sauce in your dish?

Teriyaki Sauce, anyone?

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 07:37:00 +0000

Kikkoman Teriyaki sauce is truly a great find!

It makes cooking time easier; and the dish flavorsome.

You really have to try it!

Make a Marinade with it even.

(Honey Teriyaki Marinade, home-made)

Now have a look at some of

Thailand's spicy sauces.

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Pomfret on Plates

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:58:00 +0000

This is what a pomfret fish looks like.

I bought it from a local fresh market in Bangkok.

A bit costly, too!

Ever had one of these?

I cooked them in sour soup.

(Pomfret fish in Sour Broth)

After a good meal, how about some
authentic Thai dessert, then?!

Lucky Me!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:49:00 +0000

This Lucky Me! Pancit Canton has been sitting in our cupboards for months.

It's about time that it hits the limelight.

I wonder if it would taste good in Teriyaki sauce.